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BALTIMORE F OLK M USIC S OCIETY Member, Country Dance & Song Society www.bfms.org July/August 2007 Buffalo Jamabalaya 2007 August 9-12, 2007, Camp Ramblewood, Darlington, MD Our annual Cajun/Zydeco dance camp returns to Camp Ramblewod for four fun-filled days and nights with three great bands. Step Rideau and the Zydeco Outlaws have been a cornerstone of the Houston Zydeco scene for over 15 years. The Lost Bayou Ramblers have a vast reper- toire of early dancehall tunes, pre-century fiddle tunes, Cajun swing, and original songs. Terry and The Zydeco Bad Boys are a young and ener- getic band with an expanding “Nouveaux Zydeco presence. Great Cajun cuisine prepared by chef Michael Richard . Dance workshops by Ben Pagac and Debbie Shaw and by Cal and Lou Courville , all excellent and experienced dance instructors. Plus enjoy art workshops and the Cajun/ Creole Culture Center. Camp Ramblewood is just 1 hour north of Baltimore. Registration fees: $300 full time/ $255 part time by July 9 (full time is Thursday through Sunday, part time is Friday through Sunday). After July 9: $340 full/$295 part. $10 discount for BFMS members! For more information and to reg- ister, go to www.buffalojam.org, or call Paul at 703-749-7949 or Terry and the Zydeco Bad Boys [email protected]. Regis- ter with Linda at 336-274- 6350 or [email protected], or use the flyer inserted Step Rideau The Lost Bayou Ramblers in this newsletter. Contra Dance Musician’s Workshop Featuring Marc Glickman Saturday, August 11, 44----7:157:15 PM St. Mark's On the Hill, 1620 Reisterstown Road, Pikesville Are you a musician? Do you want to learn to drive contra dancers wild with excitement? Think you could be a band leader but just need a little skills tweaking? Come to a workshop, led by the able and multi-talented Marc Glickman on band leading for maestros-in-training as well as informed ensemble playing skills for the small and large group. Tone up your interactive musician muscles and come away sounding tighter and smoother! After the workshop, stay for a picnic dinner and plan to play the evening away and show off your new skills at the BFMS Second Saturday dance featuring calling by Perry Sha- fran . Class size limited, fee includes sheet music and snacks. Tune list will be provided ahead of time. $24 BFMS members/affiliates, $28 nonmembers. For more information call 410-433-4419 or email [email protected]. Fliers available at BFMS events. July/August 2007 Meet Your 2007-2008 BFMS Board! Dan Katz Alan Gedance Jan Caughlan Tom Bryson President Vice President Secretary Treasurer Carl Friedman Mike Franch Patsy Yaffe Greg Shupe American Dance Chair English Dance Chair Cajun/Zydeco Dance Chair Special Events Chair Perry Shafran Diana Kerns Susanna Ruspi Nan Lyon Newsletter Editor Publicity Chair Membership Chair Member-at-Large Leah Ulansey Don Walters Paul Ballard Member-at-Large Member-at-Large Past President Cranjo logo: Picture not available. Other results of BFMS elections: To amend Bylaw V, section D, to add to the positions that may serve for more than two consecutive years on the BFMS Board: passed. To amend Bylaw X, section B, to set a limit above which money to be distributed requiring two countersigna- tures of committee members, and only one signature below that limit: passed. 2 * BFMS Event † Member-sponsored event July/August 2007 BFMS Music and Performance Rise Up Open Sing This is a rehearsed open band for English Country Dancing. The Sunday, July 1, 7-9 pm band practices once a month and plays for Monday night Eng- lish Country Dancing once every 2 or 3 months. Newcomers 6403 Clearspring Rd, Baltimore welcome Info: Eileen Franch 410-889-3252, [email protected] Judy Davidoff will host the open sing. Directions: from York Road and Northern Parkway--go north on York Road. go right at the Monthly Community Singing in Oella † second light onto Walker Ave., and make the first right onto Clearspring; first house on the left - up 2 flights of brick steps. Sunday, July 8, 2-4 pm Bring your Rise Up Singing Books and snacks to share. This Sunday, August 12, 2-4 pm event is looking for hosts and some one to maintain the email Westchester Community Center, 2414 Westchester Ave, Oella list. Please contact Judy Davidoff at 410-435-2873, or Anne We gather for the joy of hearing our voices raised together. Greene at 410-435-0967 All are welcome - any age, experience, or comfort level with First Thursday Cajun Concert and Dance † singing. Our repertoire is gospel, spirituals, rounds, etc. We Thursday, July 5, 7:30-10:30pm work at learning the melody and harmony lines. We sing that song for a while, then move on to a new song. The hall has very Los Arrieros Restaurant and Night Club, 7926 Georgia Ave., sweet and lively acoustics. $3 donation helps cover the hall Silver Spring. rental. At 4:30 p.m. after the singing, Peggy Adams leads the Jesse Lege and Friends. Enjoy Columbian, Dominican, and Dances of Universal Peace in the same room until 6:00. More Mexican cuisines. $15. Info: 301-585-8813. Half block north of info: Stuart Rodes. (410) 465-1914. Directions at Eastern Ave. Ample neighborhood parking including Montgom- www.oella.org. Fourth at Four Storyfolk * ery County lot on King St. and in the restaurant's rear lot off Eastern Ave. Sunday, July 22, 4 pm Sunday, August 26, 4 pm Baltimore Open Band Practice † Sunday, July 8, 2007, 4-6 pm Towson Unitarian Universalist Church, 1710 Dulaney Valley Rd., Towson Sunday, August 12, 2007, 4-6 pm Come toot, snap, fiddle, and plink with the ever-lovin’ Balti- Storytellers and story enthusiasts get together to swap stories more Open Band. A community gem whose members meet to and performance ideas. It is an ideal place to try out new stories play for dancing. Meets 2nd Sunday of each month in Catons- in front of a supportive audience. ville. All ages and instruments and levels are truly welcome. The Fourth at Four also plans and publicizes interesting per- formance opportunities in the greater Baltimore area. Please Info: Susan Taylor 301-982-1107 [email protected] bring a beverage or snack to share at the break. Everyone is wel- Friendly Coffeehouse Open Mic come to join us, but we do appreciate RSVPs so we don’t inad- Friday, July 13 and Aug. 10, 8-11 pm; sign-up 7:30-8 vertently lock you out of the hall. Johns Hopkins Mattin Center, 33rd and Charles Sts, Info/newsletter: Barbara Woodey 410-252-1438 bell- [email protected]; RSVP: Diane 410-321-8419 Baltimore Now an official BFMS event! Friendly, supportive atmosphere; good listening audience, coffee and refreshments, piano on site. September Issue Deadlines 410-825-0948, [email protected]. August 8: Articles & classified ads Sacred Harp Singing † Sunday, July 8, 4-6 pm August 10: event listings Sunday, August 12, 4-6 pm Potluck and more singing follows BFMS-sponsored events (*) are open to the public and are Join us as we sing early American hymns, anthems, and fugue handicapped accessible. Member-hosted events (†) are held in tunes in four-part harmony. We use the Sacred Harp 1991 edi- member’s homes, which may not be tion, and have loaner books. No experience necessary. Free. completely accessible. Please check with the Liz Cusick 410-235-6627, [email protected] or Sharon host regarding access and other concerns. McKinley 410-740-3250, [email protected] Unmarked events are not affilated with English Open Band Practice † Admissions do not cover the cost of Sunday, July 15, 3:30-6 pm BFMS events. Sunday, August 5, 4-6 pm Your contribution is welcome! www.bfms.org 410-366-0808 3 July/August 2007 BFMS Dance BFMS American Contra & Square Dance * 7:30 pm. Wednesday evenings, 8–10:30 pm August 15 New dancer orientation: 7:30 pm on the 2 nd and 4 th Susan Hankin calls to Spin Cycle (Todd Clewell , fiddle, Henry Koretzky , mandolin, Barb Kirchner , piano). Wednesdays each month Historic Lovely Lane Church, 2200 St. Paul St., Bal- August 22 timore Robbin Schaffer , soon to be from Atlanta but now still from Bawlmer, hon, calls to the Irish-American sounds of the Sodab- Music and dance styles include New England, Southern Appala- read Trio ( Dennis Botzer , fiddle, Dan Blum , mandolin, guitar, chian, and Celtic. Nationally-known musicians and callers ap- banjo, and Marc Glickman , piano, bodhran). pear regularly. Dances are taught and walked through. No part- August 29 ner is necessary. New dancers are always invited. Greg Frock calls to Some Assembly (Mary Corletta Flora , Admission: $10/$7 for BFMS members and affiliates. Full-time flute, sax, Joe Klausner , fiddle, mandolin, Paul Miller , guitar, bodhran, and Donna Boylan , piano). students receive a $2 discount. Snack contributions for the break are welcome. Info: [email protected] www.bfms.org And mark your calendars….. th From the north: Take I-83 south to the 28 Street/Druid Hill September 5 exit. Bear left and take 28 th St. to Maryland Ave. Turn right on Boston’s Rick Mohr makes a rare Baltimore appearance, call- Maryland Ave. and then left on 23 rd St. ing to the Contraptions ( Chloe Maryam Mayer , piano, Bill Quern , mandolin, banjo, Nora Smith , fiddle). From the south: Get to Pratt St., either by taking I-95 to I-395, exiting for downtown Baltimore onto S. Howard and turning September 12 right on Pratt. Once on Pratt, turn left onto Charles and then Annual Chestnut Night ! Baltimore callers call the ol’ chestnuts right onto 23 rd St.